Johannes Kepler

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"Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae. These works also provided one of the foundations for Newton's theory of universal gravitation. Kepler was a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, where he became an associate of Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg. Later he became an assistant to the astronomer Tycho Brahe in Prague, and eventually the imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II and his two successors Matthias and Ferdinand II. He also taught mathematics in Linz, and was an adviser to General Wallenstein. Additionally, he did fundamental work in the field of optics, invented an improved version of the refracting telescope, and was mentioned in the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei."

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Born: December 27, 1571, Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt, Holy Roman Empire

Died: November 15, 1630, Free Imperial City of Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire

Fields:Astronomy, astrology, mathematics, natural philosophy

Education: Tübinger Stift, University of Tübingen (M.A, 1591)

Known for: Kepler's laws of planetary motion, Kepler conjecture, Rudolphine Tables

Influences: Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Pythagoras

Influenced: Sir Isaac Newton, Benoit Mandelbrot, Thomas Browne

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